A.D. Bordes

Date of launchMarch 1884
Place of launchGlasgow
Type4-masted iron ship
GRT-
NRT2173
DWT-
Length89.7 m (294.3 ft)
Beam13.1 m (43.1 ft)
Draft7.0 m (23.0 ft)

  • March 1884
    Built of iron by W.B. Thompson, Glasgow, for Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils, Dunkerque, to be used in the South American nitrate trade.

  • 2 October 1917
    Attacked by a German submarine, but the crew amazingly managed to defend themselves with guns.

  • 1923
    Broken up.


References:
  • Alex A. Hurst: Hur all världens råtacklade fyr- och femmastade skepp slutade sin levnad, Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 23 pp. 76 - 93, ISSN 0024-6328, published by Carlstedt Förlag AB, Stockholm 1987
  • Alex A. Hurst: En lista på all världens 4- och 5-mastade råtacklade skepp, Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 22 pp. 7 - 31, ISSN 0024-6328, published by Carlstedt Förlag AB, Stockholm 1986

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